First of all, I must say I didnt watch the match cuz I was sleeping But after checking the scoreline, well, it isnt a surprise! So, congrats to Serbian team and Serbian fans here! If it was a match that you could crash Italy, it was this one, cuz of all the pressure was on their side as well as the trean was goind down (check the last 2 matches played before, it was like going from day to night).
Furthermore, it is a relief. Because it is hard to always be the "bad guy" or one of the most hated teams. They also shut mouths up.
It is a pity that Moki ends her career like this. Italy bench (the coach + federation) approach really nad this tournament, from the players selected and the preparation. As well as their best player, Egonu, never came to play to Tokyo. This is it. It happes? Sure. We have seen many stars and favourites underperform (cuz of injuries, mentral pressure, etc): Djokovic, USA football women nt, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, etc. Could this happen to a 22 yo player? Yes of course. I think that later we will know what happened with her here. But aside that, it isnt an excuse to the bad planning from Italian bench.
And btw, I find it really ridiculous that just cuz two users, who arent Italians btw, had praised in an obnoxious way Italy, most people here dont feel sorry as what happened to China and Turkey. Just two bother so many here?
Tbh, I havent seen any Italian user so enthusiasthic as those two.
As it was pointed some comments before, this defeat wasnt heartbreaking. It was quick and without anesthesia (as expected for me at least). Total different from the first match.
So at the end we also come to this: "don't do what you don't want them to do to you"
Hmm, I am not as convinced as you are. Italy has looked downright sloppy so far, yet I consider them to be slightly better - on paper - than Serbia. Simply, while Bosko-Egonu might be fairly even the Italians have visibly better wingers in Pietrini and Bosetti which, I presume, might very well decide the outcome in their favour. Serbia would have needed Mihajlovic in much better shape in order to be able to over Italy, imo.
Well, I was very convinced and it paid off! As it was Italy playing (two consecutive matches playing really bad), I didnt see how they could win this match.
Ps: 8th straight Olympic without an European team grabbing the gold medal is loading